Re: Premier League Top 7 this season

by ExtremistEnigma Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:24 am

Sri wrote:Mou also took a title winning squad down the shitter just this past season. And his title winning Chelsea was far superior to the current MU team - no disrespect.

Conte is working with largely the same squad, and isn't having the same friction that Mou had with half his dressing room last season. They did improve vastly after Mou was sacked.

They weren't as star studded as this Man Utd team.. Mou made them superior and a team to be feared as they were by making clutch signings in the form of Ferreira, Carvalho, Robben, Essien, Drogba, etc. and exploiting the tactics prevalent in English football that time.

His last season at Chelsea was plagued with mentally weak players playing with a lack of passion (having won the PL the preceding season), not getting the signings he wanted, etc. Such one-off seasons have become common now.. if players can go through a rough patch, why cannot managers?

I agree that his man management skills aren't that good but his tactical prowess definitely triumphs that as far as short-term goals are concerned.

by Sri Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:07 am

I don't see how a title smashing squad can be mentally week. And these are professionals. Pinning it on their lack of passion is also more an alibi. Mou lost his dressing room, simple as. Can't paint Chelsea 2015/16 any other way.
The same bunch performed oh so much better under Hiddink.

by Great Leader Sprucenuce Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:11 am

Say same thing about City and Chelsea tbh, if you think lack of quality is the reason for their seasons last year when they finished 1st and 2nd the year before you are in for a rude awakening lol.

by S Sun Jan 22, 2017 6:28 pm

United 14 pts behind league leaders

City 12 pts behind league leaders

Let's be real here. With 16 games to go, both are virtually out of the title race.

The amount of people here who have City or United as champs rofl

by Glory Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:13 pm

S wrote:United 14 pts behind league leaders

City 12 pts behind league leaders

Let's be real here. With 16 games to go, both are virtually out of the title race.

The amount of people here who have City or United as champs

Who is saying otherwise?
United's title challenge was over as early as November with that draw to West Ham and City's well got was done and dusted yesterday perhaps.

by Warrior Sun Jan 22, 2017 10:35 pm

Yeah both Manchester clubs are done for the title, Chelsea will be champion.

Man City needs a better defense, from what i saw of them. Guardiola is obsolete, unfortunately for him he got lost in his own mania of displaying players out of position. Next thing you know Kolarov will be the starting CF.

What about Man Utd ? Well, they spent 200 millions this summer yet they are 6th in the league and their best player is Carrick. Kinda summarize the whole thing.

Can't wait for the clashitco on Feb. 26 !

by Casciavit Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:05 pm

Warrior wrote:Yeah both Manchester clubs are done for the title, Chelsea will be champion.

Man City needs a better defense, from what i saw of them. Guardiola is obsolete, unfortunately for him he got lost in his own mania of displaying players out of position. Next thing you know Kolarov will be the starting CF.

What about Man Utd ? Well, they spent 200 millions this summer yet they are 6th in the league and their best player is Carrick. Kinda summarize the whole thing.

Can't wait for the clashitco on Feb. 26 !

BAH GAWD, Pep played an aging fullback who's good on the ball as a CB. There is nothing crazy/special about that. A lot of fullbacks end up moving to the middle, especially as they get older.

Who has he played out of position aside from Zabaleta? Zabaleta played as a RCM twice. Apart from that who else?

by Firenze Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:07 pm

anyone in the top 8 would be CL LOCKS in any of the other big leagues

unreal depth

best league in the world

!5th place Leicester cruising through the CL :bow:

by futbol Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:42 pm

Casciavit wrote:

Who has he played out of position aside from Zabaleta? Zabaleta played as a RCM twice. Apart from that who else?

Himself. On the manager's seat, pretending to be an elite coach.

by Casciavit Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:46 pm

futbol wrote:
Casciavit wrote:

Who has he played out of position aside from Zabaleta? Zabaleta played as a RCM twice. Apart from that who else?

Himself. On the manager's seat, pretending to be an elite coach.

It's always lovely when you choose to grace us with your presence.

by Warrior Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:46 pm

Claudio Bravo as a GK ? Wtf

by futbol Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:05 am

Casciavit wrote:
futbol wrote:
Casciavit wrote:

Who has he played out of position aside from Zabaleta? Zabaleta played as a RCM twice. Apart from that who else?

Himself. On the manager's seat, pretending to be an elite coach.

It's always lovely when you choose to grace us with your presence.

<3

by Kick Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:33 am

Kick wrote:We're 3 players short of having a title challenging team.

It'll be a busy end to the window for us, and it'll make or break our season.

At this point, top 4 is the best we can hope for.

Called it

We signed exactly 3 players after this point, and look at us now Proud

by Glory Mon Jan 23, 2017 5:52 am

Warrior wrote:Yeah both Manchester clubs are done for the title, Chelsea will be champion.

Man City needs a better defense, from what i saw of them. Guardiola is obsolete, unfortunately for him he got lost in his own mania of displaying players out of position. Next thing you know Kolarov will be the starting CF.

What about Man Utd ? Well, they spent 200 millions this summer yet they are 6th in the league and their best player is Carrick. Kinda summarize the whole thing.

Can't wait for the clashitco on Feb. 26 !

What?!!

Who told you that? A City fan? Cos its evident you dont have a clue. Stick to Serie ZZZ pls.

Carrick is an important player and makes the system work. But he certainly is not our best player. If you have a gameplan you can easily negate the influence of Carrick in a game and in the process make him look quite poor (like how Klopp showed). Heck, he cant even play two games a week and you are calling him our best player. Proud

Ibra and Valencia have been our best players this season closely followed by the 2 Spaniards Ander and Juan.

by Blue Barrett Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:16 am

futbol wrote:
Casciavit wrote:

Who has he played out of position aside from Zabaleta? Zabaleta played as a RCM twice. Apart from that who else?

Himself. On the manager's seat, pretending to be an elite coach.

I spat my drink on my keyboard out of laughter. Thanks for ruining my laptop, @futbol.

by Blue Barrett Mon Jan 23, 2017 8:18 am

Crazy that a good number of posters on Redcafe still think United are in the title race Laughing

by NeganIsco Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:02 pm

Firenze wrote:anyone in the top 8 would be CL LOCKS in any of the other big leagues

unreal depth

best league in the world

!5th place Leicester cruising through the CL

Are you F***ing kidding me?

brb, sevilla wins 3 ELs in a row, destroying epl teams like liverpool in proces

brb, Atletico beats chelsea 3-1 at their own stadium

brb, not even gonna talk about real and barca thrashing epl teams left right and center

brb, best players in epl are la liga products

brb, mule league plays the worst football the eyes could possible withstand

brb, if it weren't for the solid tv rights / cash flow / sugar daddies, epl would be dead.

brb .. brb ... brb

by Nishankly Tue Jan 24, 2017 1:58 pm

Firenze wrote:anyone in the top 8 would be CL LOCKS in any of the other big leagues

unreal depth

best league in the world

!5th place Leicester cruising through the CL

by urbaNRoots Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:21 pm

Teams like Tottenham, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd potentially missing CL football is a disgrace.

It's about time UEFA gets some balls and gives La Liga's 4th spot to the Premier League, how many times are we going to have to suffer teams like Valencia getting stuffed by Gent or Man City thrashing Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao failing to go through the group stages against Porto and Shakhtar and don't even get me started on Real Sociedad.... all this while one of these Premier League teams miss out the entire tournament. C'mon, enough is enough!

by rincon Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:43 pm

Teams like Tottenham, Liverpool and Man Utd all failed to qualify from the group stages last time they've made the competition hmm

by Nishankly Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:47 pm

NeganIsco wrote:
Firenze wrote:anyone in the top 8 would be CL LOCKS in any of the other big leagues

unreal depth

best league in the world

!5th place Leicester cruising through the CL

Are you F***ing kidding me?

brb, sevilla wins 3 ELs in a row, destroying epl teams like liverpool in proces

brb, Atletico beats chelsea 3-1 at their own stadium

brb, not even gonna talk about real and barca thrashing epl teams left right and center

brb, best players in epl are la liga products

brb, mule league plays the worst football the eyes could possible withstand

brb, if it weren't for the solid tv rights / cash flow / sugar daddies, epl would be dead.

brb .. brb ... brb

brb your butt is hurting

by Katy Perry Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:48 pm

I don't wanna live in a world where CL giants like Liverpool who won 1 CL game in the last 7 years miss out on next season's CL football tbh. It would be truly disgraceful.

by NeganIsco Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:49 pm

Nishankly wrote:
NeganIsco wrote:
Firenze wrote:anyone in the top 8 would be CL LOCKS in any of the other big leagues

unreal depth

best league in the world

!5th place Leicester cruising through the CL

Are you F***ing kidding me?

brb, sevilla wins 3 ELs in a row, destroying epl teams like liverpool in proces

brb, Atletico beats chelsea 3-1 at their own stadium

brb, not even gonna talk about real and barca thrashing epl teams left right and center

brb, best players in epl are la liga products

brb, mule league plays the worst football the eyes could possible withstand

brb, if it weren't for the solid tv rights / cash flow / sugar daddies, epl would be dead.

brb .. brb ... brb

brb your butt is hurting

brb all we know is epl in india , dat imperial influence doe

by Nishankly Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:59 pm

NeganIsco wrote:
Nishankly wrote:
NeganIsco wrote:

Are you F***ing kidding me?

brb, sevilla wins 3 ELs in a row, destroying epl teams like liverpool in proces

brb, Atletico beats chelsea 3-1 at their own stadium

brb, not even gonna talk about real and barca thrashing epl teams left right and center

brb, best players in epl are la liga products

brb, mule league plays the worst football the eyes could possible withstand

brb, if it weren't for the solid tv rights / cash flow / sugar daddies, epl would be dead.

brb .. brb ... brb

brb your butt is hurting

brb all we know is epl in india , dat imperial influence doe

Going on my country's history hmm

, I like you mate you seem like a good guy with education to talk to hmm

I'd like to know what you even mean by the aforementioned line.

by jibers Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:04 pm

NeganIsco wrote:
Firenze wrote:anyone in the top 8 would be CL LOCKS in any of the other big leagues

unreal depth

best league in the world

!5th place Leicester cruising through the CL

Are you F***ing kidding me?

brb, sevilla wins 3 ELs in a row, destroying epl teams like liverpool in proces

brb, Atletico beats chelsea 3-1 at their own stadium

brb, not even gonna talk about real and barca thrashing epl teams left right and center

brb, best players in epl are la liga products

brb, mule league plays the worst football the eyes could possible withstand

brb, if it weren't for the solid tv rights / cash flow / sugar daddies, epl would be dead.

brb .. brb ... brb

Premier League Top 7 this season - Page 5 Patrice

by Nishankly Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:21 pm

NeganIsco wrote:
Nishankly wrote:
NeganIsco wrote:

Are you F***ing kidding me?

brb, sevilla wins 3 ELs in a row, destroying epl teams like liverpool in proces

brb, Atletico beats chelsea 3-1 at their own stadium

brb, not even gonna talk about real and barca thrashing epl teams left right and center

brb, best players in epl are la liga products

brb, mule league plays the worst football the eyes could possible withstand

brb, if it weren't for the solid tv rights / cash flow / sugar daddies, epl would be dead.

brb .. brb ... brb

brb your butt is hurting

brb all we know is epl in india , dat imperial influence doe

Im still waiting for an explanation why you went on my country you *bleep*.

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